sobrecriminalización

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Spanish

Etymology

From sobre- +‎ criminalización.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /sobɾekɾiminaliθaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sobɾekɾiminalisaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: so‧bre‧cri‧mi‧na‧li‧za‧ción

Noun

sobrecriminalización f (plural sobrecriminalizaciones)

  1. overcriminalisation
    • 2015 September 24, “Drogas: el tiro por la culata”, in El País:
      Cuando la respuesta a la producción, tráfico y consumo de drogas ilícitas se concentra en lo penal y la sobrecriminalización, sale el tiro por la culata: no se impide ni frena seriamente la producción y tráfico de drogas ilícitas.
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